By RT Staff · 9 November, 2017 •
RoboBusiness Europe 2018 will take place February 13-15 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands as part of the 2nd International Robotics Week. RoboBusiness Europe is now seeking proposals for your papers and panel sessions.

By RT Staff · 30 October, 2017 •
The Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies, a new 10,000-square-foot facility at the California Institute of Technology, will unite engineers and scientists to advance research on robotics, drones, driverless cars, and machine learning.

By Steve Crowe · 27 October, 2017 •
Pepper, the popular humanoid robot from Softbank, is adding facial recognition technology to its repertoire. SoftBank will use Ever AI's facial recognition platform in hopes of bringing new levels of personalization to Peppers interactions.

By Steve Crowe · 27 October, 2017 •
Ford's "Robutt" robot mimics human buttocks to help the company design better car seats.
A KUKA industrial robot arm lifts Robutt in and out of a seat 25,000 times over a three-week period to help design seats that will help passengers remain comfortable for longer.

By Steve Crowe · 26 October, 2017 •
Three years after raising more than $3.6 million on a crowdfunding campaign, Jibo the social robot is now available for the public to buy. Pre-ordered units will start shipping to customers in November.

By RT Staff · 24 October, 2017 •
Emma, short for Expert Manipulative Massage Automation, specializes in back and knee massages. Emma 3.0, the first masseuse robot to go into public service, recently started work on her first patients at the NovaHealth Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic in Singapore.

By Steve Crowe · 20 October, 2017 •
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is creating autonomous snake-like robots that can navigate through the rubble, confined spaces, and rough terrain left in the aftermath of a disaster and send images and information to search-and-rescue teams.

By Matt Alderson | Cimcorp · 20 October, 2017 •
The challenges our world faces are growing by the day. We can’t afford to have a lack of engineers working to solve these problems. Here are a few fun ways to kids interested in engineering.